corners
...
corners
i have walked around corners
when i should have stood still
driven fast in slow zones
and sat at the apex of silent
stone walls
i've said words i meant when i was high
a...
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Categories:
paragraphs, emotions, graduation, jesus, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
white punctuation
...white punctuation
where did the minutes go?
we held hands and laughed at nothing
because nothing mattered
as we traveled into the safeguard of night
darkness was a friend
dressin...
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Categories:
paragraphs, feelings, love, memory, relationship,
Form: Free verse
A Colonized Mind
...In the chambers where thoughts are supposed to
roam free, Foreign voices echo, not belonging to me.
Words planted like flags on conquered territory,
Thoughts that flower in soil not my own.
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Categories:
paragraphs, corruption, freedom, introspection, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
little things
...little things
today
lets use lots of words
to say little things
we can lay four-word sentences
beneath paragraphs
and put exclamation points
in places normally reserved for comma...
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Categories:
paragraphs, daffodils, desire, flower,
Form: Free verse
artist's brush
...artists brush
i have painted you
with the pointed brush of an artist
creating every line and detail of your body
before finishing the colors
now
I have laid aside my paint-filled...
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Categories:
paragraphs, art, beautiful, color, romantic,
Form: Free verse
goodbye in their eyes
...goodbye in their eyes
while waiting to catch a train,
oftentimes he sat alone at the depot
—afraid—scratching initials in the dirt
and sometimes in his head.
hours became a collisio...
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Categories:
paragraphs, lonely, rain, sad,
Form: Free verse
No desire
...I don’t know if I’m healed or traumatized
I can’t tell you how much I don’t care anymore
I don’t have the energy to leave long paragraphs anymore
I guess something in me just switched
I guess ...
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Categories:
paragraphs, change,
Form: Free verse
Annotating
...The deep, heartfelt ache,
heaviness piled onto shoulders;
the feeling of unattainable past experiences,
the moments of mere temporary bliss,
the unavoidable changes.
No permanency tacked down,...
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Categories:
paragraphs, literature,
Form: Free verse
Lasting Love
...
too quickly the paragraphs of time we rèad.
hand in hand we strolled the pages of our years
standing fast against misfortunes we emerged
shaped by caring and forbearing hearts
refusing to imag...
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Categories:
paragraphs, giving, love, time, true
Form: Other
SIMPLY MATTERS-
...Simply divine as such matters
communication and understanding
Depth of understanding beyond belief
Authentic thoughts spoken loud
Complexity of language encrypted paragraphs
Clarity of intentio...
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Categories:
paragraphs, analogy, angst, character, uplifting,
Form: Dramatic Verse
My Heart's Hedera
...My heart's hedera [†]
Like two paragraphs
It breaks [selah]
between you and I
It breaks [selah]
and aches just to look at you
It breaks [selah]
when we fight
And you leave for ...
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Categories:
paragraphs, christian, feelings, love hurts,
Form: Tail-rhyme
LETTERS AND NUMBERS
...Words made up with their letters
Of consonants and vowels.
Paragraphs from sentences
Which serve as verbal bowels.
All letters from A to Z
Play an important role
Every time we read and write......
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Categories:
paragraphs, math, words,
Form: Rhyme
Love of Literature
...Love of Literature
Upon the nightstand rests my favorite book,
I beckon her to bed to have a look.
Anxious anticipation flutters in my chest,
As the day's worries and woes, are lai...
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Categories:
paragraphs, appreciation, beauty, books, cute,
Form: Rhyme
Conformity, Moulds
...I remember being told
Since I started joining letters together
I was taught to fit them into words, sentences, stanzas or paragraphs
Let your creativity flow they said
How was i to do so?...
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Categories:
paragraphs, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
we are all unread open books-
...Everyone has a story
We’re all unwritten books
Some of us have the same chapters
for what it's worth
we are all unread open books-
Yet different sentences pages and paragraphs
A...
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Categories:
paragraphs, analogy, books, caregiving, community,
Form: Rhyme
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